2001 Archive

28 December 2001 - Seaworld Railway page added! 
The newest page on Seaworld Australia Resource is this page on Seaworld's Grand Central railway.

27 December 2001 - 16 new photos added to Seaworld Gallery! 
The first photo's taken by me are now online and their in the Seaworld Gallery.  Enjoy!  (page may take a while to load)

26 December 2001 - New Gold Coast attractions now open! 
After months of waiting, the latest batch of Gold Coast attractions have now opened.  Be sure to head to the parks to check out the latest attractions at Seaworld, Movieworld and Dreamworld.  Click here to read the latest from the news and rumours page. 

23 December 2001 - 3 days until 5 new attractions on the Gold Coast!
- Boxing day 2001 will see 5 new attractions introduced, such as Dreamworld's Cyclone, Harry Potter Movie Magic Experience at Movieworld, and of course Lia and Lutik at Polar Bear Shores at Seaworld.  Click here to read the latest from the news and rumours page. 

Merry Christas from Seaworld Resource!


14 December 2001 - Currumbin Sanctuary to recapture lost market!
Currumbin Sanctuary on the Gold Coast has announced that it will spend $1.5 million in an attempt to boast attendance at the struggling park.  Click here for more information.  Plus don't forget to vote for the best new attraction of 2000/2001 in the Oz Park Awards.

13 December 2001 - Could 'Six Flags Homebush' be coming?

Rumour suggests that Six Flags may be building their first Australian park in Sydney.  Click here to check it out on the news and rumours page

12 December 2001 - Feature Article: "War of the Worlds"
Dreamworld has always been Seaworld's biggest rival.  Click here to read the details of the biggest attraction was in the history of the Gold Coast

11 December 2001 - Front door added! To make it easier to get to this site, a front door (with a shorter URL) has been created.  Simply type in www.geocities.com/doza35au/Seaworld.html and click on the Seaworld Resource logo.

10 December 2001 - Endevour Replica! Even more of Seaworld's history is detailed, in this page dedicated to the Endevour Replica.

9 December 2001 - Polar Bear Shores pages now here!
Seaworld Resource is very proud to bring you the opening of Polar Bear Shores Resource, where you can learn more about the Polar Bear, Polar Bear Shores, and of course, the bears themselves.  Learn more about your favourite bear, wether its Ping Ping, Kanook, Lia or Lutik.  Also find out why Polar Bear Shores is considered one of the world's greatest Polar Bear exhibits.

8 December 2001 - Seaworld Australia Resource and Thrillspot!
Seaworld Australia Resource is pleased to team up with ThrillSpot, the webs newest coaster community, who have very kindly agreed to become our forum and chat facility.  Check out the forums here

7 December 2001 - Seaworld resource gallery! All the photos used on this site (and a few extra shots that aren't) can now be found on one page - the Seaworld Gallery.

28 November 2001 - Seaworld Australia Resource! Finally, this site has a permeant name, changing from its temporary name of 'Seaworld - The unofficial guide' to the 'Seaworld Australia Resource'

24 November 2001 - Animal madness! Seaworld's Polar Bear cubs are now at Seaworld, and waiting for their boxing day debut in quarantine. 
In other Gold Coast park news, Dreamworld has hit back at Polar Bear Shores with its new Tiger cubs, which are already on public display.  Movie World will also launch an owl display, as part of its new Harry Potter Movie Magic Experience. 

Click here to read about it in the 'News and rumours' page..

23 November 2001 - Coasters Australia!
Coaster talk! is no more.  But opening to take its place is Coasters Australia, the newest website for Australian Coasters, parks, and anything amusement related.  The site boasts a cleaner look, contains more information and is also easier to navigate.  Click here to check it out!

20 November 2001 - Oz Park Awards Launched! - A new feature has just been launched on the unofficial guide, the 'Oz Parks Award'.  Click here to vote in our first category, "Australia's Best Steel Coaster".  The awards are not exclusive to Seaworld, and include attractions and rides from parks all over Australia.  From Perth to Sydney, Gold Coast to Melbourne, you will have the chance to vote in the Australia wide 'Oz Park Awards'.  So what are you waiting for?  Click here and vote on the best Australian Steel Coasters now!

13 November 2001 - Minor updates:
While the site hasn't had a major update in the last few weeks, a large number of things have changed.  Things like all pages now having real names, a site map being added, a few updates to the news and rumours page and an update to the Corkscrew page have all taken place since the last major update.  Its the small details that will make this site great, and while they may not be anything to announce and get excited about, they are needed to make the site of the highest possible quality.  Thanks for visiting Seaworld - The unofficial guide, the number 1 site on any Australian theme park!

29 October 2001 - Dreamworld News update!
- Dreamworld has named it's new ride as the 'cyclone'.  Click  here to go to the news and rumours page, or here to see what the Gold Coast Bulletin has to say about it.

26 October 2001 - Old maps from 1996, 1997 and 1998 added! - Three separate maps from '96, '97 and '98 have been added to the 'information' section.  Click here to check them out!

19 October 2001 - Rumour page re-added! - After about 6 days of being offline, the rumour page has been fixed.

12 October 2001 - More updates! More pages have been updated to fit the new format of the unofficial guide.  Plus a recreation of the corkscrew on 'No Limits Coaster' is now on the 'Corkscrew' page!

10 October 2001 - New front page!
'Seaworld - The unofficial guide' now has a new front page, making navigation easier then ever!  The links page has now been replaced by taking up a small section of the left hand collum.   Check back often, as the site will be updated constantly.  Make this site your first reference for not just any Seaworld news, but also for the entire Australian amusement industry

3rd October 2001 - Site News:  History page created. It contains a brief outline of Seaworld's history, and also includes key dates in Seaworld's histoty, and a feature on Attractions that fell through at the last minute.  Check it out here!

2nd October 2001 - Site News: More work on rides pages, including updating existing ones.  This tweaking of the pages will keep on happening untill its all consistant.  The site will then branch off into more detailed areas. 

1 October 2001 - Site News: 
New link to Coastertalk added.  Did you know? added to the monorail page

28 September 2001 - Site News: New Links page added!

The all new links page is up as part of the phase 1 launch.  If you have a site based on any marine park - or indeed any theme park - anywhere in the world that you would like to see added E-mail me! 

27 September 2001 - Site News: Welcome to Seaworld online!
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